A new veterans clinic will occupy part of the refurbished Queen City Cotton Mill at 128 Lakeside Avenue in Burlington. / Free Press File

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A new Veterans Affairs clinic is on track to be housed in one of South End Burlington’s hallmark historic sites on Lakeside Avenue, according to a statement released Monday by the office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

The $2.6 million outpatient clinic will occupy about 16,000 square feet in the refurbished Queen City Cotton Mill (now the Innovation Center of Vermont; commonly known as the former General Dynamics building) and serve about 4,000 veterans, the release states.

The new facility will replace and double the capacity of Vermont’s largest VA clinic in Colchester, the statement adds.

Completion of the project is scheduled for early 2013; and the VA will pay an annual rent of about $350,000 to Fortieth Burlington LLC, the building’s owners (and the project’s general contractor), Sanders’ office states.

Sanders, who serves on the Senate Veterans Committee, had earlier reported that new VA facilities opened in Rutland and Newport this year. Veterans clinics also operate in Brattleboro and Bennington.